Early Maternal Time Investment and Early Child Outcomes

Marco Francesconi, Emilia Del Bono, Yvonne Kelly and Amanda Sacker

No 10688, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: Using large longitudinal survey data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study, this paper estimates the relationship between maternal time inputs and early child development. We find that maternal time is a quantitatively important determinant of skill formation and that its effect declines with child age. There is evidence of long-term effects of early maternal time inputs on later outcomes, especially in the case of cognitive skill development. In the case of non-cognitive development, the evidence of this long-term impact disappears when we account for skill persistence.

Keywords: Cognitive and non-cognitive skill formation; Early interventions; Education production functions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 J15 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-07
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